1978 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1978 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsBaylor (2nd title)
Winning coachMickey Sullivan (2nd title)
1978 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 19 5   .792 39 16   .709
No. 18 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 18 6   .750 31 13   .705
No. 8 Baylor ‍‍y 15 9   .625 32 19   .627
No. 13 Houston ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 30 21   .588
Texas ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 36 16   .692
SMU ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 25 29   .463
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 23 25   .479
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 18 29   .383
Rice ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 18 29   .383
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1978 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 12 through 14 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

The number 3 seed Baylor Bears went 3–0 to win the team's second SWC tournament under head coach Mickey Sullivan.[2]

  1. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Baylor Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 57–61. Retrieved November 20, 2019.